NASA, Partners Collaborate in an International Air Quality Study in Asia

NASA and international partners are studying the air quality in Asia as part of a global effort to better understand the air we breathe. In partnership with Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality, or ASIA-AQ mission, will collect detailed air quality data over several locations in Asia. Utilizing aircraft, satellites, and ground sites, the ASIA-AQ team will collect and share data with air quality agencies and government partners for use in understanding air quality in a unique way. Pollution changes as populations shift, economies rise and fall, and industries move or evolve. The ASIA-AQ project will improve our ability to measure those changes and how they connect to the global scale. Bringing scientists, aircraft, and instruments together from across Asia and around the world, ASIA-AQ demonstrates how scientific advancement is a collaborative effort.